Vance says review underway to see how Turkey can get F-35 fighter jets

Jun 24, 2026

U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks to members of the media, after the U.S. and Iran held high-level talks at the Lake Lucerne Summit, at Buergenstock Resort Lake Lucerne near Stansstad, Switzerland, June 22, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/Pool — Nathan Howard

WASHINGTON, June 24 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance indicated on Wednesday that a review was under way to see how the United States could sell Turkey F-35 fighter jets given Ankara's 2019 acquisition of Russian S-400 missile defense systems.

"Pete and the entire team are reviewing this right now, because there are certain things that we have to certify have happened ... in order to comply with American law. The president has asked us to do that," Vance told reporters.

(Reporting by Humeyra Pamuk and Andrea Shalal; editing by Michelle Nichols )